Case 2400875/2024 · Employment Tribunal
Miss L Jones v Hayden’s Kitchen At The Gallows Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) — 2025
- Case reference
- 2400875/2024
- Decision date
- 13 March 2025
- Jurisdiction
- England & Wales
- Judge
- Employment Judge Childe REPRESENTATION
- Venue
- Manchester
Parties
2 namedClaimant
Miss L Jones
Key findings
Tribunal's reasoningThe tribunal at Manchester on 24 February 2025 found that Miss L Jones had been unfairly dismissed. It held the complaint of unfair dismissal was well-founded and recorded that the respondent had unreasonably failed to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015, so it was just and equitable to increase the compensatory award by 25% under section 207A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
The tribunal ordered payment of a basic award of £695.88 and a compensatory award of £9,593.65, noting that these were the actual sums payable after any deductions or uplifts had been applied. It also recorded a separate written-statement issue: when the proceedings began, the respondent was in breach of its duty to provide a written statement of employment particulars.
On that separate issue, the tribunal found no exceptional circumstances making the usual award unjust or inequitable and made an award equal to four weeks' gross pay under section 38 of the Employment Act 2002. The sum awarded for that breach was £927.84. The written record states that reasons were given orally at the hearing and that written reasons would not be provided unless requested.
Claims and outcomes
2 findings recorded| Claim type | Issue or finding | Outcome | Protected characteristic | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unfair dismissal | The complaint of unfair dismissal was well-founded. The tribunal increased the compensatory award by 25% because the respondent unreasonably failed to comply with the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015; the award stated as payable was a basic award of £695.88 and a compensatory award of £9,593.65. | Upheld | — | £10,290 |
| Other | The tribunal found that, when the proceedings were begun, the respondent was in breach of its duty to provide a written statement of employment particulars. It found no exceptional circumstances making the usual award unjust or inequitable and awarded four weeks' gross pay under section 38 Employment Act 2002. | Upheld | — | £928 |
Remedy
Monetary award- Total award
- £11,217
- across all upheld claims
- Basic award
- £696
- statutory, unfair dismissal
- Compensatory award
- £9,594
- compensatory remedy recorded
Legal tests applied
3 references- ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures 2015
- s 207A Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
- section 38 Employment Act 2002
Official outcome judgment PDF
Gov.uk primary recordThe official judgment PDF on gov.uk contains the tribunal's outcome, reasoning, and any remedy details. Where this page does not yet show extracted outcomes for every claim, use the PDF as the authoritative source.
Published on gov.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How we got this data
Case essentials (reference, date, judge, venue, country, claim categories) are extracted from the structured metadata gov.uk publishes alongside each decision. Parties and monetary figures are extracted from the judgment PDF text. Key findings and per-claim outcomes require a second extraction pass that is not yet complete for this case — until then, the primary source linked above is the authoritative record. See full methodology.
Named in this case and want it removed? Submit a takedown request. The page will be withdrawn on receipt and the editor will follow up within five working days.